novelapdf Chapter 209 The Painted Skin is Very Alluring
Chapter 209 The Painted Skin is Very Alluring
Chapter 210 The Painted Skin is Alluring (First Update)
"My lord~~"
The fox spirit tilted her alluring face up, smiled at Jiang Muyan, her eyes filled with seductive charm, and her voice sweet and soft, "Your hands are so warm, oh, I love them so much~~"
She pressed her petite body against Jiang Mu's arm, gently rubbing it.
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Jiang Mu remained expressionless and drew her sword directly.
A crimson blade flashed suddenly in the red mist, like an inverted crescent moon, and sliced across the fox demon's fair and slender neck!
"Pfft!"
That alluring head, still winking at Jiang Mu, shot skyward.
However, the next moment.
The head, which was flying in mid-air, seemed to be a piece of iron attracted by a magnet and flew back.
It was glued back onto the headless corpse perfectly.
"Giggle giggle————"
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The fox spirit, having reattached her head, let out a string of silvery, delicate yet chilling laughter.
She stuck out her scarlet tongue and licked the last drop of blood from the corner of her mouth.
Her gaze towards Jiang Mu grew increasingly resentful and intense: "Oh dear, young master, how cruel you are! I only wanted to get closer to you, and you wanted to chop off my head the moment we met?"
As she spoke, she extended her slender, jade-like fingers, as if to untie the already precariously hanging ribbon of her dress.
Jiang Mu felt a slight chill run down her spine.
Rebirth after being decapitated?
The opponent's cultivation level clearly only looked to be at the fourth level, so how could he have such supernatural powers?
Could it be an illusion?
Jiang Mu narrowed his eyes and began to circulate the [Cold Moon Ice Heart Technique] within his body.
A cool, stellar energy flowed through my body, rushing straight to my spiritual center.
But to his surprise, the fox spirit in front of him was not an illusion.
At this moment, the succubus's alluring face began to subtly distort like ripples on water. In just a few breaths, it transformed into a completely different, yet even more bewitching and captivatingly beautiful face.
This face-changing technique—
A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Mu, and she instantly realized what was going on.
He sneered, casually twirling his Blood Mad Blade, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground, and said indifferently, "Madam Painted Skin?"
A dignified ninth-tier demon, resorting to such superstitious tricks—doesn't he feel ashamed?"
"Wow, you're very clever, young master!"
The fox spirit laughed, her expression shifting once more.
This time, it transformed into a stunningly beautiful face with a touch of exotic charm.
Jiang Mu cursed his bad luck inwardly.
I was already afraid of encountering this great demon, but I didn't expect to be caught by it as soon as I entered the maze.
Fortunately, the other party was just a clone.
Jiang Mu scoffed, "Why did you need to use a clone to find me? Where's your real body? Looks like you're tied up with He Qingyang, aren't you?"
Lady Painted Skin laughed and said, "Young man, you have such discerning eyes; nothing escapes your notice. However, I haven't condescended to come see you this time just to argue with you."
She suppressed her smile, her heterochromatic eyes fixed on Jiang Mu. "Hall Master Jiang, I won't lie to you. I did underestimate He Qingyang, which has led to our current predicament."
So, I need your help.
"Shall I help you?"
Jiang Mu seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "Are you mistaken about something? I killed those men of yours, so we've become mortal enemies. How could I possibly help you?"
Madam Painted Skin walked lightly around Jiang Mu: "Just a few good-for-nothings, they're dead and that's it. In this world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."
Master Jiang is a smart man; he should understand this principle.
"If you help me, I'll let you and your friends get down the mountain safely, and I'll never bother you again."
Jiang Mu remained silent.
He was now unsure whether Duanmu Li and Yan Fenghuo could successfully escape the maze.
However, judging from Lady Painted Skin's words, she has the ability to trap everyone.
Madam Painted Skin stopped in front of Jiang Mu and said calmly, "There is a hidden place behind the Divine Sword Sect, which is their forbidden area. I will use an array to guide you there. All you need to do is one thing—place a talisman there."
Lady Painted Skin waved her hand.
A black talisman exuding a strong, chilling aura floated lightly in front of Jiang Mu.
Jiang Mu frowned slightly as she looked at the talisman in front of her. "Is it really that simple? I put this piece of paper over there, and then what?"
Lady Painted Skin's petite figure suddenly grew taller.
With a series of bone-stretching sounds, she transformed into a tall, voluptuous, and alluring mature woman with a curvaceous figure.
She stepped forward, her breath sweet as orchids, and stared into the man's eyes: "You just need to stick the talisman there."
In return, you may take the treasures of the Divine Sword Sect hidden in that forbidden area; I will not interfere.
She extended her slightly protruding tongue and gently licked her red lips. "As long as you do as I say, I promise that after it's done, I will personally open the life gate of the maze and let you safely descend the mountain."
"The terms are indeed very tempting."
Jiang Mu weighed the talisman in his hand. "But I'm very curious, there should be quite a few of your skilled subordinates in the Divine Sword Sect right now. Why did you specifically choose me, the mortal enemy of the Demon Slayer Division, to help you with this?"
The Painted Skin Man giggled and said, "Because—among all these rotten fish and shrimp, I've looked around and found that only you, my young master, are the one who truly pleases my eye."
I've always been exceptionally tolerant of handsome men~
She reached out her long, slender fingers, wanting to touch Jiang Mu's cheek, but Jiang Mu turned her head away.
"Yeah?"
Jiang Mu revealed a mocking smile, "What if—I say I don't want to help you? Are you going to bite me to death?"
Lady Painted Skin simply uttered two words: "Whatever you say."
As soon as she finished speaking, the image of Lady Painted Skin faded away quickly, like a drop of ink falling into clear water.
It eventually dissipated completely into the thick red mist around it.
at the same time.
A crimson light suddenly shone on the ground beneath Jiang Mu's feet.
The light, as if alive, meandered across the muddy ground, eventually forming a path.
It extends into the depths of the thick fog.
Clearly, this was the path that Lady Painted Skin had shown him.
Jiang Mu looked down at the talisman emanating an eerie aura, then at the blood-red path beneath his feet, and muttered under his breath, "Damn it, these old monsters are all lunatics!"
He originally intended to tear the talisman apart and then find his own way down the mountain.
But after calming down and thinking about it carefully...
I am now deep within the enemy's maze of deception. No matter which way I go, I am likely still under their calculations and surveillance.
Moreover, there's no guarantee that Yan Fenghuo and Duanmu Li will be able to escape successfully.
"Fine, let's give it a try first."
"Anyway, I have plenty of ways to protect myself. If I can really take this opportunity to snatch some good stuff from the Divine Sword Sect, that would be great."
With that thought in mind, he tucked the black talisman into his pocket and followed the path indicated by the blood-red threads toward the depths of the red mist.
Half an hour later.
Guided by the bloodline, Jiang Mu passed through the swirling red mist and arrived at a solitary tower.
This tower isn't very tall, only seven stories.
From the outside, the tower is made of dark blue-black stones, exuding an old and decaying air of time.
Yellowed talismans were still floating on the eaves of the tower and the surrounding stone pillars.
However, most of these talismans were already tattered and had lost all their spiritual power.
It was obvious that a formation had once been set up here. But now, the formation had been forcibly destroyed from the outside.
As for who destroyed the formation—
Jiang Mu looked past the stone steps and toward the open door on the first floor of the tower.
At the gate, a dense crowd of all sorts of strange creatures surged forward, jostling to enter.
Like a mad corpse that has caught the scent of blood.
These monsters had bloodshot eyes and were emanating a black and red aura of malevolence; they were extremely violent.
A sharp sword intent was faintly revealed within the murderous aura, as if countless tiny sword energies were flowing through their flesh.
"What kind of treasure is hidden upstairs that could drive these beasts crazy and rushing in like madmen?"
Jiang Mu gripped the hilt of the knife, looking quite puzzled.
However, Master Jiu is right; these demons all possess sword energy.
Just as he stopped to observe, a rat demon that had just darted out from the red mist in the distance spotted Jiang Mu standing not far away.
This rat demon was enormous, as robust as a fully grown wild wolf.
Its body was covered with black hairs like steel needles.
A pair of scarlet rat-like eyes stared at Jiang Mu, drool dripping from the corner of its mouth, and it let out a hiss.
The next second, it pushed off with its hind legs, its four claws tearing through the ground, and opened its blood-red maw full of fangs, lunging straight at Jiang Mu.
"Clang!"
The Blood Frenzy Blade let out a bloodthirsty cry, and half of the blade was drawn from its sheath.
The scarlet blade flashed as fast as a bolt of cold lightning.
The wolf-sized rat demon was swiftly and cleanly cleaved in two mid-air before it could even change its attack posture.
However, the rat demon's dying screams alerted other monsters near the tower.
The demons who had been rushing in headfirst all turned around at once.
Hundreds of eyes, filled with violence and bloodlust, locked onto Jiang Mu.
With a few roars, the demons, like a black tsunami, changed direction and surged towards Jiang Mu.
Jiang Mu's eyes turned cold, and she gripped the knife hilt tightly with both hands.
Within his dantian, the [Tai Su Tian Gang Blood River True Essence] surged and poured entirely into the longsword.
The originally dark blade burst forth with a blinding blood-red light that stretched for three zhang (approximately 10 meters).
【Whirlwind Slash】!
Jiang Mu roared and plunged headlong into the surging tide of demons.
In an instant, it transformed into a rapidly spinning crimson top.
The violent blade energy intertwined to create a death storm that had no blind spots.
"Sizzle! Sizzle!"
The sound of flesh being torn apart was incessant.
Jiang Mu's swordplay was fierce and sharp, with wide and sweeping movements, without any fancy techniques.
Its main focus is pure, exhilarating slaughter.
Round and round.
The monsters that rushed forward, as soon as they touched this storm of scarlet blades, were all instantly shredded like paper, no matter how thick their skin or how hard their scales.
Severed limbs and internal organs, accompanied by a shower of blood, were thrown in all directions.
The monsters fell one after another like leeks mowed by a lawnmower, quickly piling up into a mountain of corpses at Jiang Mu's feet.
What surprised Jiang Mu was...
Among these demonic creatures, there are quite a few powerful beings whose strength is comparable to that of the third or fourth tier.
Logically speaking, to absorb their demonic energy, one must first dissect their corpses and extract their demon cores.
But now, whenever he kills a demon, he doesn't need to collect it intentionally. The black and red evil energy emanating from the corpses is automatically absorbed into the [Demonic Gauge] within his body.
"The demonic energy and monster energy have completely fused into the flesh and blood?"
As Jiang Mu swung his knife, he was inwardly surprised.
It seems that the Divine Sword Sect used some evil magic while privately raising these demons, causing them to mutate.
Moreover, these demonic creatures were surrounded by a sharp and chaotic sword aura.
Each time the blade and claws clashed, the sword energy would try to pierce Jiang Mu's body like poison needles along the blade.
Fortunately, the [Mysterious Gang True Explanation] was constantly circulating within Jiang Mu's body.
A layer of pale golden protective energy enveloped him tightly, and the mixed sword energy that collided with the protective energy could not harm him in the slightest.
After an unknown period of fighting, the demon horde's offensive finally slowed down.
Some of the originally frenzied and ruthless demons, after witnessing Jiang Mu's monstrous and prolonged killing spree, finally had the string in their minds, which had been dominated by violence, snap.
One by one, they came to their senses.
In their bloodthirsty eyes, the most primal fear surged forth.
"Waaah————"
A fourth-tier tiger demon watched its companion being minced into a bloody pulp, let out a whimper mixed with fear, tucked its tail between its legs, and turned to run away.
Fear is contagious.
The remaining monsters dared not advance to their deaths, terrified and scattered in all directions.
In just a few breaths, the dense horde of demons that had surrounded the tower fled completely, leaving not a single one behind.
In their eyes, Jiang Mu's creature was more like a demon than they were.
"You run pretty fast."
Jiang Mu stopped her sword strike and ceased spinning.
He exhaled a breath of stale air, and with a flick of his wrist, flung the string of bits of flesh and black blood hanging from the tip of the knife onto the ground.
Stepping over the mountains of corpses, he walked straight into the tower.
The space on the first floor of the tower is quite spacious.
The inside was a complete mess.
Scattered on the ground were some overturned wooden shelves, from which one could vaguely discern that they had originally held some precious herbs or special mineral materials used for forging swords.
But now, all of these things have been devoured and torn to shreds by the monsters that rushed in, leaving behind only scraps everywhere.
Jiang Mu went up the wooden stairs to the second and third floors.
The situation is exactly the same.
Several rows of tall bookshelves collapsed to the ground.
The ancient books and scrolls on top were torn apart and scattered on the ground like snowflakes.
There were also a few low-level demons who were starving and were munching on the pages of the book that were imbued with spiritual energy in the corner.
Upon seeing Jiang Muhou, they roared and charged forward, only to be easily dispatched by him with a single slash.
But when Jiang Mu stepped onto the fourth floor, she stopped in her tracks.
There were no bookshelves on this floor, only a mess of straw mats scattered on the floor.
On the straw mat, the bodies of more than a dozen children lay scattered about.
These children were all dressed in coarse linen clothes, but now they had been torn apart by the monster.
However, Jiang Mu noticed that some of the wounds had smooth edges, which were not caused by sharp teeth, but rather looked like sword wounds.
Moreover, each corpse had an expired yellow talisman pasted on its chest or forehead.
Jiang Mu squatted down and gently peeled off a talisman.
On the skin beneath the talisman, a tiny blood-red rune was clearly etched, now dull and lifeless.
Jiang Mu's face was gloomy.
He continued upwards and arrived at the fifth floor.
At the entrance to this floor, a thin layer of protective light barrier still remained, keeping the demons out.
Jiang Mu swung his sword and forcefully tore the light barrier apart.
The moment I stepped onto the fifth floor, a bone-chilling cold hit me.
It felt as if we had fallen from early summer into an icy abyss in the dead of winter.
Thick white frost had formed on the four walls, and a chilling atmosphere permeated the air.
What's even more shocking is that more than twenty young women were hanging inside this tower.
Their wrists were pierced by iron hooks, dangling them in mid-air.
She was completely naked.
The skin had a bluish-purple hue, as if it had been frozen to death.
But judging from their distorted faces and the marks left on their bodies, they had clearly suffered inhuman humiliation before their deaths.
"brute----"
Jiang Mu gritted her teeth.
The murderous intent within his chest surged like a volcano that had been ignited.
What prestigious sect! What grandmaster of swordsmanship!
It's all bullshit!
He believed that the number of innocent people secretly imprisoned and tortured to death by the Divine Sword Sect was certainly not limited to just these few dozen.
Over the years, countless ordinary people have been captured like livestock, tortured, and their corpses thrown down to feed those mutated monsters!
No wonder those demons exuded such a strong malevolent aura.
Jiang Mu now realizes it.
This tower must have been a sacrificial site.
These precious human lives and extreme resentment are needed to make offerings to some evil entity that cannot be brought to light.
Forcibly suppressing his boiling murderous intent, he turned and headed towards the sixth floor.
Upon arriving on the sixth floor, Jiang Mu unexpectedly spotted a familiar figure.
He Shuangdiao, the second young master of the Divine Sword Sect!
However, He Shuangdiao's appearance at this moment was completely different from what it used to be.
He grew taller.
His once handsome face was now covered with fine black lines, like broken porcelain, which looked rather eerie.
Two curved black bone spurs protruded from the shoulder blades.
Two arms were wrapped in iron chains.
And in his arms, he was holding a young girl.
The girl had delicate features and wore tattered clothes, but her legs were broken. She seemed to feel no pain, and her eyes were empty and vacant.
At He Shuangdiao's feet lay several mutilated bodies, their life essence drained.
He Shuangdiao was taken aback when he saw Jiang Mu appear with a knife.
Immediately, a maniacal laugh spread across that face, which looked somewhat eerie due to the mutation: "Isn't this our imposing Hall Master Jiang of the Demon Slayer Division?"
What a rare guest!
I was planning to settle accounts with you in person a few days later, but I never expected you to be so eager to come to my doom!
The girl held tightly in his arms, upon hearing the words "Demon Slayer Division," had a glimmer of hope in her previously gray and desperate eyes.
She struggled desperately, making urgent "squeak" cries for help.
"You want to save her?"
He Shuangdiao's arms tightened suddenly, causing the girl to groan. He then smiled provocatively at Jiang Mu, saying, "That's right. As the upright officials of the imperial court, protecting these lowly commoners is the duty of your Demon Slayer Division, hahaha—"
Before he could finish speaking, his arm pierced straight through the girl's abdomen.
Bloody claws emerged from in front of her stomach.
The girl's delicate body stiffened.
The light in his eyes instantly faded, a short, muffled groan escaped his throat, and then he collapsed limply into a pool of blood.
He Shuangdiao slowly withdrew his hand.
He lowered his head, stuck out his tongue, and licked the warm blood hanging on his fingers with relish.
Then he kicked the girl's corpse away.
Looking up at Jiang Mu, he laughed and said, "What can you do to me?"
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